Take Care In Your Dreaming
2011, my name came alive
十六歲那年Denzel的名號橫空出世
At the same time, I planned my suicide
與此同時自弒的念頭充斥我的腦海
Literally, I would live lonely inside
不誇張地講我本會孤獨至死
On the physical side, all my miracles died
心病困擾所有奇蹟都已熄滅
2012, guess that plan aint go well
來到2012年一切將仍不如意
Out my shell, still Im livin in hell
雖已破繭而出卻仍活在地獄
Yet it was written, from God it was gifted
詞作水準比肩Nas 那是天神所賜的才能
To give you a story that aint hard to tell
道出的故事好比《Aint Hard to Tell》
2013, far from a pre-teen
成人那年遠不再是個十幾歲的孩子
But it seems that a n!gga chased my dream
那時我開始逐夢
Making anything that the world has not seen nor heard
致力於創造出世上未曾出現的佳作
Moving words like verbs, curved
書寫唱詞讓他們躍然紙上
2014, when I turned nineteen
又是一年
Sayin RIP to my big bro Tree
長兄Treon慘死槍口
And my girl TT, when she got gunned down
伴我一路的女友也不幸罹難
Now Im back on road
我重返正道
Cause I couldnt come round to the funeral
我甚至無法參加葬禮
Let a whole year pass
放空了一整年
Made an EP and the fans got mad
我的雙EP口碑並不如意
A lotta issues that a young man had
年輕氣盛害我碰壁不少
Just two years shy of a high school grad
比高中畢業生年長兩歲
2016, when the boy got mean
眼看2016 我變得犀利刻薄
ULT embedded in my genes
一首血性的Ultimate刻寫在我的基因之中
Round the same time I met X and Ski
那年我與Jahseh和Ski相識
If the Klan aint hit, then we just might be
若不是3K的暗殺
The ones to have it all in our reach
我們都將會成為讓一切觸手可及的人
2017, I had no place to sleep
到了17年我不停奔波居無定所
2018, Taboo One Three
忙過那年專輯出世
Was the best sh!t people ever heard from me
那些曲子是我的生涯巔峰
When you get pure pain, Ima just make heat
當你深陷純粹苦痛之中我創造火熱曲目
2019, been good and bleak
來到2019年好壞參半
Cut off the locks, new looks, same me
剃掉臟辮我維持新的樣貌
Used to chase my dreams, now the dreams chase me
曾拼命追逐夢想如今夢想永遠慢我一步
Take care in your dreaming and love when you can
珍重夢想趁你所能竭力去愛
(Chase my dreams, chase my dreams)
(放膽逐夢)
(Love how you breathe)
(深愛你喘息時的眉眼)
(Love how you sing)
(深愛你歌唱時的模樣)
Take care in your dreaming and love when you can
珍重夢想趁你所能竭力去愛
(Chase my dreams, chase my dreams)
(放膽逐夢)
Yeah
South side of Africa
南非曙光
You aint really heard of her
你從未聽聞她
Mama was a daughter of a chief, make sense since
母親曾是領袖的愛女一切都順理成章
Royalty so skin deep, melanin carried through heaps
因為皇室基因寫入黝黑皮膚
Papa was a soldier
父親曾是戰士
Built our whole life off his shoulders
他用肩膀負擔一家生命
Both were my pillars, yeah, I told ya
他們都是我的支柱正如我所言
Both were a product of about ten kids
他們都是十個小孩的全部
About ten needs
十個孩子
About ten feeds
十張嘴
Walking to school, it was about 10ks
徒步上學無數個10公里的求學之路
Knees getting faded, hope getting faded
膝蓋被磨傷褪色希望都逐漸黯淡
Aches, no lights flashing and flicker, it was a dream
疼痛沒有燈光閃爍只有美夢是明光
Providing for they children, just to hope our souls beam
為孩子無私給予只希望我們的靈魂發光發亮
With prosperity, my parents , they took big care of me
隨著生活的好轉父母盡力給我更好
Made sure opinions were heard cause it was scary
要確保你的訴求能被聽到
Middle kid tings, always lurking in the back
作為不大不小的女兒常常躲在背後
When I felt I wasnt heard, decided to take back
每當我覺得被埋沒便選擇緘口不言
Take care in your dreaming and love when you can
珍惜夢想趁你所能地去愛
(Back, take care)
(無比珍貴)
(Chase my dreams, chase my dreams) (逐夢)
(Yeah, n!gga, I was a dream)
珍惜你的夢想
(Anything that the world has not seen, has not seen, has not seen)
(全知世界都未曾所見的結果)
(Was a dream)
(曾是夢)
Take care in your dreaming and love when you can
珍惜夢想趁你所能地去愛
(Yeah, when I turned nineteen, chase my dreams)
(年滿19便孤身逐夢)
(Love how you sing)
(深愛你的歌喉)
(Take care , take care, take care, take care, take care)
Love dont leave
愛不遠去
Love cant breathe
愛如窒息
Love cant breathe
愛如窒息
Breathe
渴求呼吸
Take care in your dreaming and love when you can
珍惜夢想趁你所能地去愛
Love cant breathe
愛是無法呼吸